20 most recent innovations in cosmetics

Try on Any Shade With The 3D Augmented Reality Mirror

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 Z

The place we’d most like to have a makeup shopping spree in Sephora has a new goodie we want to test out. It’s not a wacky nail polish or a hot new shade of lipstick or a shocking shadow — it’s all of those things. They’re testing out a new 3D augmented reality mirror that will let you try on makeup virtually. Mirror, mirror in the store…

Working with ModiFace, a leader in this type of technology, the 3D augmented reality mirror can simulate cosmetics on your face using a patented technique that tracks the exact location of your facial features. While you’re looking in the Beauty Mirror screen, Sephora’s eyeshadow palette pops up. Choose from different colors to instantly see what each looks like on your lids in 3D and in real-time.

Airopack

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 Z

The revolutionary Airopack technology offers a safe and clean alternative for traditional Aerosol dispensing systems. Airopack is an all-plastic pressurized dispenser that’s environmentally friendly. Airopack replaces the chemical propellant gas of a metal can with ordinary pressurised air. It does this at a constant pressure from start to finish. Airopack works identically to standard aerosols, yet uses 42% less energy and emits 74% less CO2

Shower Capsule Mixer

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 Z

The world’s first shower capsule mixer that turns your bathroom into your own private SPA. Connect this luxury device to your shower head or shower hose once, then simply choose a Skinjay capsule and insert it into the mixer (just like you would insert an espresso capsule into an espresso machine). Turn the knob and following to that enjoy the soothing power of the best quality organic skin care and fragrances being delivered directly into your water stream and onto your skin for the next 4 to 8 minutes. Change the capsule and discover a new experience everytime.

Deodorant candy

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 Z

Introducing the newest addition to the growing group of “functional foods” and “edi-cosmedis”: Edible deodorant. And no, not that kind, you sicko. No armpit-licking is required.

American company Beneo and Bulgarian confectioner Alpi have created the Deo Perfume Candy, a rose-flavored candy that claims to make a person excrete a floral aroma for up to six hours. Their website explains: Geraniol is a natural antioxidant and its fragrance, once consumed as a candy, leaves the body through its pores, creating a naturally sweet smell that can last for hours.

Slobproof, a paint brush pen

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 Z

Slobproof Paint Pen n

o more dings, no more dents, no more marks on your walls. The Slobproof! Paint Pen is quick, convenient, and easy to use. Just remove the brush top and fill it with your paint using the syringe provided. Then snap the brush top in place, twist the bottom of the pen and you are ready to start touching up your walls, trim, ceiling, or doors! Rinse the brush with water when finished, replace the cap, and then throw it in a kitchen drawer until you need it again.

Make your own cosmetics with Naturalis

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 Z

Rowenta proudly presents the Naturalis. A unique device that helps you make your own cosmetics. The Naturalis allows the user to create their own line of products. The French company Eliumstudio designed the product along with skincare professionals.

By using Helical Emulsion Technology the Naturalis helps users to create customizable nourishing products. The machine uses an emulsifier that consists of a gelling agent and a preservative at its base, and then allows the user to add any natural ingredients they want. And the Naturalis creates anything from creams, scrubs, masks, balms, lotions, and more.

The benefits of this allows you to completely personalize your recipes, though it comes with its own recipe book that you can draw from. And, the Naturalis provides a sense of assurance for anyone with sensitive skin or allergies. By making their own products they can know all the ingredients used leaving them worry-free.

Energizing face wash + alarm app

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 Z

Give yourself an extra boost out of bed and help take care of your face at the same time with Chiefs Energizing Face Wash & Alarm App . The face wash is specially formulated to help wake you up with an ingredient list that includes ginseng, menthol, peppermint, eucalyptus, and rosemary. It works in conjunction with the Alarm Clock App for Android, which wakes you up with one of a variety of sounds — or one of your own choosing — and can only be turned off by scanning the bar code on the back of the face wash, giving you extra motivation to leave the warm, fluffy fortress of your bed and step into the cold hard reality of morning.

Precision Liquid Liner

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 Z

Every woman has experienced the horrors of applying a liquid eyeliner. It’s messy and smudgy and soon you’re looking similar to a raccoon. Le Métier de Beauté Precision Liquid Liner has solved the difficult application process by studying the famous German pen maker Mont Blanc’s writing instruments. The pen has a unique soft quill-tipped applicator which looks very similar to a fine point felt tip pen.

Applied in the morning, a day at the office, after-work cocktails, dinner with friends and dancing all night and still went strong 18 hours later with nary a crease or smudge. Although the liner is water-resistant, it is easy to remove with my makeup remover. The last thing you want is a liner that requires aggressive scrubbing around the fragile eye area.

CLICK: ThePerfumePen

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 Z

Sophisticated. Exclusive. Luxurious. The Perfume Pen is a dual-functional, high quality pen and fragrance dispenser. The fragrance holder is reusable and can be filled with your favourite scent. Simply refill and carry with you: the Perfume Pen ensures that you can look and feel good at any time of the day. This new, streamlined design is perfect for the workplace: combining exclusivity and class with practicality and comfort. Your Perfume Pen is sold with a stylish velvet pouch and a complimentary pipette for easy refilling.

Swallowable perfume

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 Z

In a world where nano-porous materials in our clothes can make deodorant unnecessary, it may seem almost old-fashioned to continue to apply perfume to our skin. That’s certainly the view of the team behind Swallowable Parfum, an innovation that allows users to swallow a capsule to produce a fragrance that emanates from within.

Created by Amsterdam-based artist Lucy McRae along with synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy, Swallowable Parfum is essentially a capsule containing synthetic fragrant lipid molecules that mimic the structure of the fat molecules naturally found in the body. When those lipids get metabolized by the body’s enzymes, fragrant molecules are released and excreted through the skin’s surface through perspiration. The skin, then, serves as an atomizer for the tiny droplets of fragrance that are left behind, and the strength of the resulting scent is determined by the individual’s acclimatization to temperature, stress, exercise or sexual arousal.

Glow-In-The-Dark Cosmetics

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 Z

With Halloween just around the corner, people will be looking for that special little touch that will make them stand out from the crowd, lik Makeup Forever Flou Night. Why stand out when you can simply glow in the dark? This seemingly innocent white, powdery substance actually glows fluorescent under ultraviolet light, allowing a person to assume a completely different alter ego at night (or simply in the dark).

Although particularly perfect for such occasions as Halloween, Makeup Forever Flou Night could also be used regularly for those unique and quirky enough to apply it. Makeup Forever Flou Night shows that people are looking for ways to embrace both their professional side and their party side—in a fun and sneaky manner.

Melt-Proof Makeup

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 Z

Summer heat and makeup aren't exactly the best of friends. Waterproof mascara is available at every corner drugstore on the planet, but beyond that, on a hot day, everything else slides right off the face. But thanks to a melt-proof line from Cargo, and a few favorite products from the pros, makeup can stay put all day and night. Even on the hottest day in July.

Cargo's Melt-Proof Makeup Collection includes bronze color for eyes, cheeks and lips and a waterproof mascara. The company believes so highly in these products that they've trademarked the name "Melt-Proof".

If you're happy with the products you already own then add a fixer over them when you're done. Setting liquids by Make Up For Ever, Kryolan, Ben Nye, and Benefit can be sprayed, or brushed on after makeup is applied and will ensure long lasting results.

The pencils by DuWop, reverse eyeliner and reverse lipliner, are applied over or under makeup, or all by themselves. They not only set makeup, they plump the skin reducing the appearance of fine lines.

Karpati nail care

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 Z

Karpati nail care personally formulated and designed by Eva Karpati. A cool design offering real function in the bottle shape - slips over the fingers like a ring, no flat surface needed to steady the bottle. The design has been included in the Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Wode Art fragrance

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 Z

When Wode is sprayed, a vibrant cobalt blue mist appears and settles on the skin or clothing. Whether touched or not, the "Wode Paint" begins to fade and within no time disappears completely leaving only the scent behind.

Paper shampoo

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 Z

When water is applied, these Paper Shampoo sheets dissolve into a liquid lather, both keeping your hair clean, and avoiding a late night trip to the grocery store for hygiene products, just because you know the cheap hotel shampoo will leave your hair damaged and dirty.

Paper Shampoo comes with 30 single use sheets in one convenient travel container. Each container only costs $12.50. So while the shampoo might not be the top quality you expect out of a hair hygeine product, at least you can save some time by not being stopped for hoarding liquid onto a plane.

Deodorant Clothing

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 Z

Just in time for the dog days of summer, Aoki of Japan has introduced a new line of deodorant suits, shirts, socks and even underwear that prevents body odor from doing what B.O. tends to do - smell up the place.

Japanese salarymen - suit-wearing office workers and government employees - have long suffered through the country's hot and humid summers. A much ballyhooed Cool Biz campaign hasn't really worked out that well since even the Prime Minister looks sort of geeky and lost without the traditional suit & tie. Now Aoki, in cooperation with researchers at Shinshu University, has utilized several different technologies in creating their new deodorant and anti-bacterial clothing.

Here comes the science... silver ions infused into the clothing fibers have a proven toxic effect against bacteria, viruses and fungi. The properties of these ions are similar to those of other heavy metals like lead and mercury, only without being poisonous. Then there's the fibers themselves, which neutralize body order by either absorbing the unsavory aromas or the actual emission of deodorant - we're not sure exactly which, maybe both, so we'll just have to take Aoki's word for it.

Lancome Ôscillation

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 Z

According to a press release from Lancome, the beauty giant's newÔscillation mascara features a brush that provides 7,000 vibrations perminute.

The point of all the lash-shimmying is to aid application and provide 360-degree coverage for your lashes.

LED spa

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 Z

Health and fitness spas have now ushered in the use of LEDs as aneffective spa capsule tool. The Med Spa Clinic at Tunbridge Wells marksthe world's first usage of LEDs in a whole body spa capsule. TheOxy-LED Light Spa Capsule will give you a comprehensive body treatmentto mainly help you lose weight. For this, you will be subjected to LEDlight of wavelengths ranging from 625 to 980 nm that will cause intensephysical stimulation. The Oxy-LED treatment can be combined withtraditional spa treatments like dry thermal heat and vibratorymassages. This combination of treatments will make sure you loseweight. The Spa also offers the body contouring and Emotional Lifttherapies using the Oxy-LED Light Spa Capsule. However, all thesetreatments don't come too cheap. You will have to shell out anywherebetween £35 to £100 for these treatments that last anywhere betweenthirty to a hundred minutes.

MyDNA Fragrance

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 Z

My DNA fragrance is a new company which offers individualized perfume based on your own individual DNA. Yes, it really uses part of the double helix you see here.

My DNA creates a one of a kind fragrance after you submit a swab of your saliva. The company uses a patented and revolutionary new process to create your individual fragrance which arrives in a clinically approved 4oz. aluminum bottle with a fine mist sprayer and if you want to do it properly, create your own bottle too.

Press-on eye shadow kits

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 Z

Applying traditional eye shadow well requires considerable skill,time and expertise with brushes, sponges or other applicators. Matchingcolours can also be tricky, and eye shadow cakes are prone to crumblingand spilling, leaving consumers with the potential for a mess. Thesenew press-on eye shadow kits, on the other hand, allow consumers toinstantly apply professionally created eye-shadow designs withoutapplicators or mess. Each single-use kit is applied to the eyelid usinga preprepared strip that contains a variety of matched and blendedcolours. Pressing the strip to the eyelid transfers the colours ontothe eyelid in just the right shades, creating a look much like one aprofessional make-up artist might have created.